The whole continent was unified by the authority of the Church.
Explanation:
- While on the East, Byzantine Empire managed to preserve the solemn authority, the situation on the West was quite different.
- Numerous barbaric states were incompetent to unify the whole area, but the things changed when strong rulers of the Frankish Kingdom realized that they need the help of the church to make their authority even stronger.
- Catholic Church was actually the only institution that survived the previous era, and whose authority was recognized by practically everyone, including the Holy Roman Emperors.
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